Also charged in the kidnapping was IS gangster Jesse Margison, but he was unable to go to trial after suffering brain damage in a life-altering beating in North Fraser pretrial jail.

Stephens was not part of the actual kidnapping of the victim, but helped get tracking devices and set up the online tracking account used to follow and capture the victim. He also got restraints and rented the minivan used in the kidnapping.

In 2012, he was sentenced to 11 months in jail for occupying a vehicle where there was a firearm. His co-accused in that 2010 case was Christopher Reddy, who was shot to death in 2011.

In 2009, he was convicted in Vernon for possessing a firearm and was fined $650, plus given five-year firearms prohibition.

During Project Tactic, the VPD seized guns, more than 1,200 rounds of ammunition, multiple high-capacity magazines, silencers, balaclavas, zap-straps, a Taser, and handcuffs.

No. It is the brother of the foster son who was living with his family for a short time. But Robertson has NEVER met this guy, according to his staff, which is why the link is not in the story. Not far to link him or his family to someone they have never met.